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> [Every man is the painter and the sculptor of his own life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/every-man-is-the-painter-and-the-sculptor-of-his-own-life/)

[Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_artist_every-man-is-the-painter-and-the-sculpto_779551.jpg)

> [I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xander-berkeley/i-want-to-direct-films-because-i-am-a-painter-and-a-sculptor-and-i-ve/)

[Xander Berkeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xander-berkeley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/xander-berkeley-56056_cinema_i-want-to-direct-films-because-i-am-a-pa_2671764.jpg)

> [I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-whishaw/i-would-have-loved-to-have-been-a-painter-or-a-sculptor-i-m-still/)

[Ben Whishaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-whishaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/ben-whishaw-13587_artist_i-would-have-loved-to-have-been-a-painte_520739.png)

> [Every man is a painter and the sculptor of his own life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pacifiersucker/every-man-is-a-painter-and-the-sculptor-of-his-own-life/)

[Pacifiersucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pacifiersucker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/pacifiersucker-133_artist_every-man-is-a-painter-and-the-sculptor_734025.jpg)

> [I was never the kind of painter or sculptor who kept a shop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/i-was-never-the-kind-of-painter-or-sculptor-who-kept-a-shop/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/michelangelo-2976_kind_i-was-never-the-kind-of-painter-or-sculp_1427725.jpg)

> [To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cate-blanchett/to-become-a-painter-or-a-sculptor-or-a-graphic-designer-is-quite-an/)

[Cate Blanchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cate-blanchett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/cate-blanchett-864_artist_to-become-a-painter-or-a-sculptor-or-a-g_2707363.jpg)

> [An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/an-actor-should-take-lessons-from-a-painter-and-a-sculptor/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4de/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_acting_an-actor-should-take-lessons-from-a-pain_2027647.jpg)

> [With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/with-a-painter-or-a-sculptor-one-cannot-begin-to-alter-his-works-but/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/arne-jacobsen-19888_architect_with-a-painter-or-a-sculptor-one-cannot_1028531.jpg)

> [The only kind of sublimity which a painter or sculptor should aim at is to express by certain proportions and positions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/the-only-kind-of-sublimity-which-a-painter-or-sculptor-should-aim-at/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/edmund-burke-400_action_the-only-kind-of-sublimity-which-a-paint_1804407.jpg)

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